Our Counted Days

part 1

"Hon may sasabihin sana ako sayo, abou- - -"

*ring*ring*

Sndali nyang tiningnan ang phone nya pgkatapos ay humarap sakin.

"Wait lang hon, I need to answer this call,may emergency yata sa company" pagpaalam ni Lawrence.

"Okay hon., I can wait"

Suppose to be ay dinner date namin ngayon, at may importante pa akong sasabihin. Alam ko na si Cristina dela Vega yung tumatawag, his other woman.

"Frances, iha is that you.??."
Napalingon ako sa pamilyar nah boses na tumawag sakin, and I was right when I saw Lawrence' s mother or my mother-in-law, Mrs. Ria L. Cruz, tumayo ako sa kinauupuan ko at niyakap sya. At sila ang ngmamay-ari ng malaki at sikat na kompanya na "collections",isang toy company na itinurn over ng papa ni Lawrence sa kanya ang pamamahala dahil ngretired na into a year after our wedding.

"Where is Lawrence iha.???. I guess dinner date nyo ngayon."

Napabalik ako as ulirat ng mgtanong ulit si mama.

"Yes ma,but then he need to answer the call kasi baka daw po may problema sa kompanya."

"Naku naman na bata yan, uunahin nya pa ba yun kesa sayo? Para namang walang bukas kung iprioritize nya yung kompanya over you."

Ouch! It hits me,msakit pakinggan na alam mong hindi naman talaga kompanya yung inuna nya, and to imagine na si Cristina ang ireplace sa word na kompanya. It really does hurt.

"By the way mauuna na ako iha, I just passby to buy a dinner for your dad (her husband). Pagpasensyahan mo nalang yang asawa mo at masyadong workaholic to the point na nakakalimutan na nyang dinner date with her wife yung pinupuntahan nya at hindi simpleng meeting lang, mabuti at hindi ka nagagalit."

"Okay lang poh yun ma,mukhang importante naman poh talaga"
I answered and then smile.

"How lucky my son is, to have a wife like you. Oh sya sige iha, I'll go." She then kissed me.
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Naghintay din ako ng almost 30 mins. kay Lawrence bago sya bumalik sa table namin.

"Hon are you through eating? Let's go home."
Bungad nya sakin at ni hindi mnlang ngbalak na umupo.

"Take a seat first hon, I have something to tell you"
Pagpigil ko sakanya.

"What is it? Pwede naman yan sigurong pag- usapan pag-uwi natin sa bahay diba?"

"I want to talk to you right now. Please hon."

Napairap nalang sya sa kawalan at wala ng nagawa kundi ang umupo.

"What is it, At parang hindi na yan mkapaghintay pah sa bahay?"
Ganyan na sya palagi makitungo sakin since Cristina came into his life.

"Do you really love Cristina?"

And for that question.
His jaw dropped out of shock.
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To be continued. . .